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Pages in category "African-American heavy metal musical groups" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Black Death is an American band who have been noted as the "first all-African-American heavy metal band". [1] The group were also mentioned in Ian Christe's book Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, [2] and mentioned in Rock 'n' Roll and the Cleveland Connection by Deanna R. Adams as "one of the only, if not the only, all-black metal bands in the country" in 1987.
This is a list of heavy metal artists from the formative years of the movement (formed between 1963 and 1981). For bands formed after 1981, please consult the lists for each heavy metal subgenre. In the late 1960s, a number of bands began pushing the limits of blues rock into a new genre which would be called heavy metal. [1] [2]
Living Colour is an American hard rock [4] band from New York City, formed in 1984. The band consists of guitarist Vernon Reid, lead vocalist Corey Glover, drummer Will Calhoun and bassist Doug Wimbish who replaced Muzz Skillings in 1992. Their music is influenced by heavy metal, funk, jazz, hip hop, punk, and alternative rock.
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Rolling Stone magazine called them "the mother of all black hard-rock bands", [6] and they have been cited as a seminal influence to numerous other subgenres in addition to hardcore punk, including various subgenres of heavy metal, such as thrash/speed metal, alternative metal, and funk metal. [7] [8] Bad Brains are followers of the Rastafari ...
Marketed their band as the first all-African-American heavy metal band. [39] Blackguard: Canada: 2001–present: Melodic death metal with power/folk metal influences. [40] Black Majesty: Australia: 2001–present: Formed by ex-members of prominent bands on the Australian metal scene [41] Blind Guardian: Germany: 1984–present
Some African-American artists including The Jackson 5, Roberta Flack, Teddy Pendergrass, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, The O'Jays, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and Earth, Wind & Fire found crossover audiences, while white listeners preferred country rock, singer-songwriters, stadium rock, soft rock, glam rock, and, to some degree, heavy metal and ...